The 24th annual Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning  “Educating the Whole Student”, will take place the 29-30 April 2020 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Call for Proposals

Students enter and leave their post-secondary education with a multiplicity of commitments and sociocultural identities that inform their experiences as learners. Many 21st-century students juggle jobs, family, health, and finances, in addition to coursework and planning for the future. Teaching the whole person – encompassing mind, body, heart, and spirit in our educational practices – addresses these competing pressures by affirming students’ and instructors’ humanity. According to Schoem, Modey and St. John (2017), supporting the whole student through teaching and learning provides a number of benefits by increasing “student commitment to learning because students see themselves as part of an engaged, supportive and caring scholarly community” (p. xii). How do we consider these factors as we educate the whole student at our institutions?

Please visit the conference website for more details on the call.

• Completing the online form: DCUTL Call for Proposal form (https://surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=53635).  

• The deadline for proposals is: Monday, 3 February 2020